Rene Martínez Saenz Helps Exposure To Benefit Marine Life
Mexico Pelagico from Pelagic Life.Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California.
Rene Martínez Saenz is a 35-year-old Mexican pool and open water swimmer, currently training for a 20.2-mile crossing of the Catalina Channel in 2017 and a crossing of the English Channel in 2018.
He collaborates with Pelagic Life, a Mexican NGO dedicated to shark conservation, that produced a documentary film called Mexico Pelagico.
While Pelagic Life chases the elusive sardine baitball near Baja California, they stumble upon a crude shark fishing operation that sparks a seismic shift in the group’s thinking. Departing from their original concept of documenting marine life phenomenon, they transform their mission to creating awareness of Mexico’s sea life while creating sustainable livelihoods for the shark fishermen in order to preserve a delicate and critical ecosystem.
Mexico Pelagico is the story of an unlikely pairing of interests as its showcases Mexico’s oceanic treasures of sharks, sailfish, dolphin, turtles and even crocodiles.
Copyright © 2008-2017 by World Open Water Swimming Association 
Rene Martínez Saenz is a 35-year-old Mexican pool and open water swimmer, currently training for a 20.2-mile crossing of the Catalina Channel in 2017 and a crossing of the English Channel in 2018.
He collaborates with Pelagic Life, a Mexican NGO dedicated to shark conservation, that produced a documentary film called Mexico Pelagico.
While Pelagic Life chases the elusive sardine baitball near Baja California, they stumble upon a crude shark fishing operation that sparks a seismic shift in the group’s thinking. Departing from their original concept of documenting marine life phenomenon, they transform their mission to creating awareness of Mexico’s sea life while creating sustainable livelihoods for the shark fishermen in order to preserve a delicate and critical ecosystem.
Mexico Pelagico is the story of an unlikely pairing of interests as its showcases Mexico’s oceanic treasures of sharks, sailfish, dolphin, turtles and even crocodiles.
Copyright © 2008-2017 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Daily News of Open Water Swimming and founder of WOWSA. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010).
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